Another week of GW News, June 26, 2011

My first novel Water was published in Canada May, 2007. The American release was in October. An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.

-het

P.S. Recent postings can be found in the week archive and the ancient postings can be accessed here, which should open to this.

I notice moyhu has set up a monster index to old AWoGWN on AFTIC.

"The climate crisis, in reality, is a struggle for the soul of America. It is about whether or not we are still capable -- given the ill health of our democracy and the current dominance of wealth over reason -- of perceiving important and complex realities clearly enough to promote and protect the sustainable well-being of the many. What hangs in the balance is the future of civilization as we know it." -Al Gore

Another week of GW News, June 26, 2011

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Sipping from the Internet Firehose...

June 26, 2011

We are definitely back in the black humour zone:

I need a category for some of the funny-sad-absurd-unbelievable things that happen:

[Hope you had a] Happy Solstice!:

Looking back at Bonn:

Looking ahead to COP17 and future international climate negotiations:

The G20 agriculture ministers had a confab in Paris:

The International Programme on the State of the Ocean delivered a devastating report this week:

The Conversation rounded up their series of climate change articles this week:

Threats against Australian scientist continue:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

More shrinkology:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

Post Fukushima, nuclear policies are in flux around the world:

And of course, the pundits. lobbyists and politicians have a lot to say:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the (charismatic) megafauna:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

The food crisis is ongoing:

As for the agro-chem corps:

Food Prices are still problematic:

Regarding the food factor in the ongoing revolutions:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

In the hurricane wars, the action was all in the Pacific; Beatriz, Meari & Haima:

And on the Monsoon front:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

While in the paleoclimate:

And in historical times:

In the attribution debate:

Regarding the solar hypothesis:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Desertification looms as a threat:

This week in extreme weather:

Meanwhile in tornado alley:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

What's new in models?

Regarding Mann:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The proposed Financial Transaction [Bank] Tax refuses to die:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, cap and trade, cap and dividend, tradable energy quotas and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

As the deadline for applying the EU-ETS to airlines draws near, we will see who is serious about reducing carbon emissions:

As for GW, energy & water security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

For a non-American, sometimes it is hard to believe these 'candidates' are for real:

Al Gore is back with a bang this week:

The would be NOAA Climate Service is being kicked around:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

While in the UK:

And in Europe: